As great as it is here in China, I miss my Mom so yes I am glad to go home. But while I was here things were fun. Today we went to an arts house and were taught about Agila wood, Chinese knots, calligraphy, and tai chi. The agila carvings were beautiful, and learning about […]
Today we visited the forbidden palace! It was gorgeous. All the roofs were yellow tile, to represent the emperor. The architecture was amazing! The best part of the day was seeing a Peking opera fight scene live, from the Monkey King. The Monkey King fought off three men at once using kung fu! The players taught
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Today was an early morning, but it was well worth it. We ventured to Tian’anmen Square to see the Forbidden City. Walking in past the south gate, we had a great view of the Chinese government building, the national museum, and Mao Zedong’s tomb. On our way through the square we were bombarded with pictures,
Today we had the opportunity to visit Peking University, see a lecture on a professors research, and tour the campus. The campus is very impressive. For one they have their own lake and a rather large garden to accompany the lake. Their library is the largest University library in Asia. The lecture was on nationalism
Today was an early start with breakfast at 8:15am. By 8:45 we were piling into the bus and on our way to Peking University. I was very curious about this place, seeing as everyone called it the Harvard of China, and I go to school by Harvard. I was glad to find out that the
On Saturday we had the day to ourselves to explore the city some more! After a late start (sleeping in felt so good), Ellie and I were craving brunch and decided to check out Green Cow City Cafe. It was a really cute brunch spot in a courtyard behind an open-air market, with the only
Today was a free day, which meant sleeping in! I woke up late, around 11am and it. Felt. Amazing. I was so happy to wake up and not have any immediate need to get up. After lounging for a bit with a book I finally crawled out of bed. Meeting up with a few people
To reiterate: I went to the spa, and got a full body massage with my friends. We even wore little pink matching massage robes! The massage was awkward at first, because our masseuses didn’t speak any English, and so we didn’t understand whether they needed us to sit up or lie down. We worked something
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Today we had the opportunity to explore Beijing on our own, or have some rest. I chose to relax and spend some time recuperating from the busy days we’ve had here! I ventured out to get pizza for lunch with a few other scholars, and then came back to the dormitory and watched some tv
Our week of Mandarin classes flew by and before we knew it it was time to take an oral exam. I was pretty nervous as I don’t like oral exams—let alone those conducted in a language I just started learning a few days ago. However, I was pleasantly surprised with the test and am proud of
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